Jesse Jess Chase

Jesse ?Jess? A. Chase, 90, of Mason City died Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Friday (June 3, 2005) at Our Saviour?s Lutheran Church, 2502 South Jefferson Ave., with Rev. Joel Dahlen, officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, June 3, 2005 one hour prior to the service at the church. A memorial fund has been established in his name. Jesse ?Jess? A. Chase was born on a farm near Goodell, Iowa, to Fred and Elva (Lange) Chase on March 24, 1915. He attended schools in Goodell and Garner, graduating from Mason City High School in 1934. On October 12, 1941, he married Helen Rusley, and they spent most of their long life together in Mason City. Jess worked as a refrigeration engineer at AMPI for 30 years, retiring in 1977. At the same time he established his own woodworking and furniture refinishing business, a craft that began as a hobby while he was a teenager and became a passion that continued well into his eighties. He built many beautiful pieces of furniture for his home and family, as well as altar furniture for Our Saviour?s Lutheran Church, where he was a council member for years. Jess is survived by his daughters, Lynne (Wayne) Paulson of Chandler, Arizona, and Gayle (Robert) Bingham, of Apex, North Carolina; three grandchildren, Emily and Kari Paulson and Christopher Bingham; and three nephews, Fred and Bruce Delahoyde and Allen Chase. His beloved wife, Helen, preceded him in death by sixteen days. Jess will be greatly missed and fondly remembered by many whose lives he touched.

Visitation:
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at 2502 South Jefferson on June 3, 2005 (map/driving directions) 1:00 PM to 1:00 PM at 2502 South Jefferson on June 1, 2005 (map/driving directions)

Service:
2:00 PM at 2502 South Jefferson on June 3, 2005 (map/driving directions)